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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

li.

A sloping mountainside or hillside covered with grass or forest.

2 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈliˀ]
  1. A sloping mountainside or hillside covered with grass or forest.

    common-gender · poetic · rare
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse hlíð. Phonetically influenced by Norwegian. Related to the noun below. Cognates include German Leite, Latin clivus and Ancient Greek κλειτύς (kleitús).

noun
  1. side, edge

    common-gender · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish lith, from Old Norse hlið. Phonetically influenced by Norwegian, the native version would be lide. Merged with led (“way, direction”).

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